Vertical double-deck luggage

ABSTRACT

A vertical double-deck luggage includes a luggage body having an upper accommodation chamber and a lower accommodation chamber defined therein at different elevations, an upper opening and a lower opening located on a front panel thereof and respectively disposed in communication with the upper accommodation chamber and the lower accommodation chamber, a flip-down luggage cover with a bottom side thereof connected to the bottom side of the upper opening and the other sides thereof detachably fastenable to the other sides of the upper opening by a zipper, and a side-opening luggage cover with one lateral side thereof connected to one lateral side of the lower opening and the other sides thereof detachably fastenable to the other sides of the lower opening by a zipper.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION (a) Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to luggage technology and moreparticularly, to a vertical double-deck luggage made of fabric and canbe towed while walking and can also be opened when it is held invertical.

(b) Description of the Prior Art

One of the most common luggage configurations today, such as shown inU.S. Patent Publication No. U.S. Pat. No. 8,636,123 and Publication No.US20120247898, is the use of a flexible outer fabric cover with a framemounted within the flexible outer fabric cover. The frame supports theflexible outer fabric cover in shape, forming a rectangular hollow boxbody. Further, two or four wheel assemblies are provided at the bottomside of the box body. Further, a rectangular handle is provided at theback panel of the box body so that the user can drag the luggage.Further, front side of the aforesaid luggage design is an opening.Further, a front cover is connected with its one lateral side to onelateral side of the opening of the front side of the luggage so that thefront cover can close the opening.

However, since the front side of the aforesaid prior art luggage designis an opening, the luggage must be placed on the floor in horizontalbefore opening the front cover. Therefore, when the user goes out andwishes to temporarily put personal items in the luggage or to take astorage item out the luggage, it will cause a lot of trouble, forexample, unable to find a right place to lay the luggage, or all storagepersonal items will be exposed to the outside when opens the frontcover. Further, the user may need to bring a suit for a business trip orfor use in certain situations. However, the aforesaid prior art luggagedesign must be laid down in horizontal so that the user can put the suitbag in the luggage or take the suit bag out of the luggage, leading tostoring and removing inconvenience. Therefore, it is desirable toprovide a luggage that eliminates the aforesaid problems.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention has been accomplished under the circumstances inview. It is the main object of the present invention to provide avertical double-deck luggage, which comprises a luggage body thatcomprises an upper accommodation chamber and a lower accommodationchamber defined therein at different elevations, an upper opening and alower opening located on a front panel thereof and respectively disposedin communication with the upper accommodation chamber and the loweraccommodation chamber, a flip-down luggage cover with a bottom sidethereof connected to the bottom side of the upper opening and the othersides thereof detachably fastenable to the other sides of the upperopening by a zipper, and a side-opening luggage cover with one lateralside thereof connected to one lateral side of the lower opening and theother sides thereof detachably fastenable to the other sides of thelower opening by a zipper. Thus, when the vertical double-deck luggagestands still, the user can conveniently open the flip-down luggage coverto access to the upper accommodation chamber for storing personal itemsand taking storage personal items.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the verticaldouble-deck luggage further comprises a tri-fold board stitched to abottom edge of the flip-down luggage cover and fixedly mounted in thefabric luggage body to separate the upper accommodation chamber and thelower accommodation chamber.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, the fabricluggage body further comprises an arched flap connected between the toppanel and the front panel. Further, the upper opening is a substantiallyrectangular opening extending upwardly from the front panel to thearched flap. Further, the flip-down luggage cover is substantially arectangular fabric cover fitting the configuration of the upper opening,comprising an arched surface portion configured to match the archedflap. Thus, when the user downwardly opens the flip-down luggage cover,the user can see the inside of the upper accommodation chamber from thetop side of arched flap, facilitating storing personal items or takingout storage personal items while keeping the luggage in vertical.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, two net bagsare respectively arranged on the inner side of the flip-down luggagecover and the inner side of the side-opening luggage cover. Each net bagdefines therein mezzanine space for storing small items.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, tworectangular storage boxes detachably mounted in the lower accommodationchamber and abutted against each other side by side for storingclassified items.

Other advantages and features of the present invention will be fullyunderstood by reference to the following specification in junction withthe accompanying drawings, in which like reference signs denote likecomponents of structure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an oblique top elevational view of a vertical double-deckluggage in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 2 corresponds to FIG. 1, illustrating the flip-down luggage coverand the side-opening luggage cover opened.

FIG. 3 is a schematic front view of the vertical double-deck luggage inaccordance with the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of the vertical double-deck luggage inaccordance with the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic rear view of the vertical double-deck luggage inaccordance with the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic drawing of the present invention, illustrating theflip-down luggage cover and the side-opening luggage cover opened andthe two storage boxes taken out of the lower accommodation chamber.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the flip-down luggage cover and thetri-fold board.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a vertical double-deck luggage in accordancewith the present invention is shown. The vertical double-deck luggagecomprises a fabric luggage body 10, a retractable handle unit 20, aplurality of roller assemblies 30, a flip-down luggage cover 40 and aside-opening luggage cover 50.

Referring to FIGS. 1-5, the fabric luggage body 10 comprises a frontpanel 11, a back panel 12, a top panel 13, a bottom panel 14 and twoopposing side panels 15 stitched to one another, an upper accommodationchamber 18 defined therein in a top side, a lower accommodation chamber19 defined therein in a bottom side below the upper accommodationchamber 18, an upper opening 16 located on an upper part of the frontpanel 11 and disposed in communication with the upper accommodationchamber 18, a lower opening 17 located on a lower part of the frontpanel 11 below the upper opening 16 and disposed in communication withthe lower accommodation chamber 19. The upper accommodation chamber 18and the lower accommodation chamber 19 are separated chambers disposedat different elevations for the user to place personal items separately.In particular, the user can place the commonly used items in the upperaccommodation chamber 18. The retractable handle unit 20 is mounted inthe top panel 13. The roller assemblies 30 are mounted to the bottompanel 14. The flip-down luggage cover 40 is a fabric cover, having abottom side thereof fixedly connected to a bottom side of the upperopening 16and the other sides thereof detachably fastenable to the othersides of the upper opening 16 by a first zipper 41. Thus, the flip-downluggage cover 40 can be turned downwardly to open the upper opening 16,thereby exposing the upper accommodation chamber 18. The side-openingluggage cover 50 is a fabric cover, having one lateral side thereoffixedly connected to one lateral side of the lower opening 17 and theother sides thereof detachably fastenable to the other sides of thelower opening 17 by a second zipper 51. Thus, the side-opening luggagecover 50 can be turned sideways to open the lower opening 17, therebyexposing the lower accommodation chamber 19.

Referring to FIGS. 6 and 7, the bottom side of the flip-down luggagecover 40 is preferably stitched to a front edge of a tri-fold board 60that is fixedly mounted in the fabric luggage body 10 so that theflip-down luggage cover 40 can cover the upper opening 16 of the fabricluggage body 10. More specifically, the tri-fold board 60 comprises afirst board panel 61 vertically attached to an inner surface of the backpanel 12 of the fabric luggage body 10, a second board panel 62horizontally mounted in the fabric luggage body 10 to separate the upperaccommodation chamber 18 and the lower accommodation chamber 19, and athird board panel 63 stitched to the bottom edge of the flip-downluggage cover 40. The first board panel 61, the second board panel 62and the third board panel 63 are connected to one another. The aforesaidarrangement of the tri-fold board 60 enables the second board panel 62to support the gravity weight of the storage items in the upperaccommodation chamber 18.

Referring to FIG. 2 again, the fabric luggage body 10 further comprisesan arched flap 111 connected between the top panel 13 and the frontpanel 11. The upper opening 16 is a rectangular opening extendedupwardly from the front panel 11 to the arched flap 111. The flip-downluggage cover 40 is a substantially rectangular fabric cover fitting theconfiguration of the rectangular upper opening 16. Further, theflip-down luggage cover 40 has an arched surface portion 42 matching thearched flap 111. Thus, when the user downwardly opens the flip-downluggage cover 40 while keeping the luggage in vertical, the user can seethe inside of the upper accommodation chamber 18 through the arched flap111, facilitating access to the upper accommodation chamber 18.

Referring to FIG. 7 again, a first net bag 43 is arranged on an innerside of the flip-down luggage cover 40, defining therein a mezzaninespace 44. The first net bag 43 comprises a horizontally extended firstzipper opening 45 disposed in communication with the mezzanine space 44.Thus, the user can conveniently store small items in the mezzanine space44 in the inner side of the flip-down luggage cover 40 and convenientlytake storage small items out of the mezzanine space 44.

Referring to FIG. 7 again, a second net bag 52 is arranged on an innerside of the side-opening luggage cover 50, defining therein a mezzaninespace 53. The second net bag 52 comprises a vertically extended secondzipper opening 54 disposed in communication with the mezzanine space 53.Thus, the user can store small items in the mezzanine space 53 in theinner side of the side-opening luggage cover 50 and conveniently takestorage small items out of the mezzanine space 53.

Referring to FIGS. 2 and 6 again, the invention further comprises twostorage boxes 70. These two storage boxes 70 are detachably mounted inthe lower accommodation chamber 19 and abutted against each other sideby side. The storage boxes 70 are preferably rectangular boxed, eachcomprising a rectangular box body 71, and a zipper cover 72 covering oneopen side of the rectangular box body 71. The zipper cover 72 is made ofa mesh fabric 73, allowing the user to see from the outside of therectangular box body 71 into the inside of the rectangular box body 71so as to find the desired article.

What is claimed is:
 1. A vertical double-deck luggage, comprising: afabric luggage body comprising a front panel, a back panel, a top panel,a bottom panel and two opposing side panels stitched to one another, anupper accommodation chamber defined therein in a top side, a loweraccommodation chamber defined therein in a bottom side below said upperaccommodation chamber, an upper opening located on an upper part of saidfront panel and disposed in communication with said upper accommodationchamber, a lower opening located on a lower part of said front panelbelow said upper opening and disposed in communication with said loweraccommodation chamber; a retractable handle unit mounted in said toppanel; a plurality of roller assemblies mounted to said bottom panel; aflip-down luggage cover having a bottom side thereof fixedly connectedto a bottom side of said upper opening and the other sides thereofdetachably fastenable to the other sides of said upper opening by afirst zipper; and a side-opening luggage cover having one lateral sidethereof fixedly connected to one lateral side of said lower opening andthe other sides thereof detachably fastenable to the other sides of saidlower opening by a second zipper.
 2. The vertical double-deck luggage asclaimed in claim 1, further comprising a tri-fold board fixedly mountedin said fabric luggage body and stitched to a bottom edge of saidflip-down luggage cover, said tri-fold board comprising a first boardpanel vertically attached to an inner surface of said back panel of saidfabric luggage body, a second board panel connected to one side of saidfirst board panel and horizontally mounted in said fabric luggage bodyto separate said upper accommodation chamber and said loweraccommodation chamber and a third board panel connected to one side ofsaid second board panel opposite to said first board panel and stitchedto the said bottom edge of said flip-down luggage cover.
 3. The verticaldouble-deck luggage as claimed in claim 1, wherein said fabric luggagebody further comprises an arched flap connected between said top paneland said front panel; said upper opening is a substantially rectangularopening extending upwardly from said front panel to said arched flap;said flip-down luggage cover is substantially a rectangular fabric coverfitting the configuration of said upper opening, comprising an archedsurface portion configured to match said arched flap.
 4. The verticaldouble-deck luggage as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a firstnet bag arranged on an inner side of said flip-down luggage cover anddefining therein a mezzanine space first net bag, said first net bagcomprising a horizontally extended first zipper opening disposed incommunication with the said mezzanine space therein.
 5. The verticaldouble-deck luggage as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a secondnet bar arranged on an inner side of said side-opening luggage cover anddefining therein a mezzanine space, said second net bag comprising asvertically extended second zipper opening disposed in communication withthe said mezzanine space therein.
 6. The vertical double-deck luggage asclaimed in claim 1, further comprising two rectangular storage boxesdetachably mounted in said lower accommodation chamber and abuttedagainst each other side by side.
 7. The vertical double-deck luggage asclaimed in claim 6, wherein each said rectangular storage box comprisesa rectangular box body, and a zipper cover covering one open side ofsaid rectangular box body, said zipper cover being made of a meshfabric.